I finished "Springtime" from The Tatter's Treasure Chest, edited by Mary Carolyn Waldrep yesterday morning. I had to stretch and pin this one into place because it was not anywhere near being flat! The pattern says that using size 20Clark's O.N.T. or J. & P. Coats Best Six Cord Mercerized Crochet, the doily will measure 7". Mine's a whopping 8 1/2"!
On the last round, I made a mistake on one of the chains, and there are places where I got lazy and tatted over too many threads, making for extra thick rings. Still, I'm happy with this one. One of the best things I learned from tatting this doily, is that I can read and follow old patterns!
As you can see, I used my handy dandy little Clovers to tat this one, using Lizbeth size 20 thread from Handy Hands. This ball was from the original batch that was kind of twisty. I didn't notice it too much while I was tatting, but when I started blocking the doily, I noticed that an awful lot of my rings were not completely closed. I look forward to receiving my new Lizbeth threads so that I can tat this one again!
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Your doily is lovely. Who can account for size? The original tatter of the pattern probably had much tighter tension that you do and that's okay.
ReplyDeleteI love the Tatter's Treasure Chest! I am lucky enough to have happened upon three original Coat's booklets that the Tatter's Treasure Chest is edited from. I found them at an antique store in Las Vegas one year. I was surprised when I got them home to find they were the same patterns as in that book, LOL! I wasn't the least bit disappointed for getting them, tho.
You did beautiful work on your doily! :)
Wow, that is beautiful:)
ReplyDeleteIt is beautiful Diane. You did a great job. This is one of my favorite books!
ReplyDeleteIt looks wonderful -- Almost makes me want to go rummage around in my books and dig that one out. BUT, then I think about those old-style patterns and pull out my Niebach books again...
ReplyDeleteLovely....that's a good size anyway so I wouldn't care how big it came out....It's wonderful. Hugs, Linda
ReplyDeleteYou did a wonderful job of it!chessess
ReplyDeleteThis is SOOO gorgeous Diane. From my point of view I can see no mistakes with it. It is simply lovely!
ReplyDeleteWonderful work Diane. The doily looks beautiful.
ReplyDeleteWow! This doily has such a delicate look! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI adore this book and have done many of the patterns. What I have noticed is that we are our own most fierce critics! Don't be so hard on yourself, Diane, it looks absolutely lovely!
ReplyDeleteWow, what a beautie you have done. Very well done.
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